Jane M. Wood

Senior Consultant, SPH Consulting Group

Jane is past president and professor of English at Bluffton University, a small, private, faith-based college. Wood has extensive experience driving organizational change to increase financial sustainability and has demonstrated significant accomplishments in strategic fundraising. During her tenure at Bluffton, she also led the consideration, exploration, and negotiation of a merger with another proximate institution of higher education. While the merger was eventually not realized, her leadership and experience during this period are invaluable as other institutions also explore similar major institutional restructuring initiatives. In this context, Jane has deep experience in the exploration and due diligence phases of mergers in higher education, including working with accreditors and athletic associations on merger-related strategies. Jane has also successfully led other large institutional strategic innovations, including developing new academic programs, realigning organizational divisions for efficiencies, and establishing new athletic programs. Prior to joining Bluffton University, Jane was an academic vice president at Mount Marty University in South Dakota and at Westminster College in Pennsylvania.